There are eleven surviving paintings by the Spring Recluse. Nine of them are Song Miao's work, and she is not sorry.
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Sign inThe translation quality here is genuinely a cut above. Footnotes where they're needed and nowhere else.
Three volumes in and the pacing still hasn't dipped. Whoever is plotting this knows exactly how long to sit on a reveal.
Genuinely one of the better paced entries in this genre right now. No filler arcs so far.
You're going to love chapter 40 then.
Solid but uneven. When it's good it's excellent; when it's not it leans on coincidence a little too hard.
Been saying this for weeks and getting downvoted for it, so vindication feels good.
The worldbuilding does that thing where it explains almost nothing and somehow you still follow it perfectly.
Agreed, though I'd argue the middle section is doing setup work you only appreciate later.
Disagree slightly — I think it's meant to stay ambiguous until the arc closes.
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